Queens College - Silhouette Yearbook (Queens, NY)

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had expected. Hit hard early in the season by the loss to Uncle Sam of two of the great stars of the former wonder JV'ers, John McShane and Pete Hoban, and the loss by graduation of Shering and Hurley, the two most prolific scorers in Knight hoop history, Queens nevertheless looked like a smooth-working combination in pre-season scrimmages. Sparked by soph- omore Bob Shapiro, who had led the JV with 333 points, co-captains Arnie Markbreiter, and Herb Sessler, Dave lnz, Dan Kostyshyn, Bob Burggraf and Bob Bier, fans looked to the Knights for their greatest season in history. After the first eleven games it looked as though the Knights would far exceed everyone's expectations. After holding powerful, prefix CCNY even until nine minutes before the end when its big men Kostyshyn and lnz fouled out, the Flushingites went on to win ten straight, including a brilliant 80-61 victory over highly-touted Brooklyn College, in what was probably the greatest game a Queens team ever played. Suddenly, however, the Knights lost their touch. Following an extended mid-season layoff, the Salmonsmen came back to drop seven games in a row. Regaining their form they managed to take their next two, but then dropped the season's finale in a fantastic, five-overtime thriller to Cooper Union, 110-105. Shapiro, who scored 317 points was the Knights' big gun, and was honored to a second place berth on the Metropolitan All-Star team by the NYC's sportswriters. Uncle Sam willing, the future looks bright for basketball at Queens. Shapiro, Bier, lnz, and another sophomore, Bill O'Meara, should all be around for several years, along with diminutive Seneca Thompson, a high 144

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